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Plural of move

regular plural

The plural of move is moves.

Forms of move

Singularmove /muːv/
Pluralmoves /muːvz/
Countablecountable

Moves in a sentence

  • A ship moves rapidly.
  • The horse moves a carriage.
  • A falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity.From the entry acceleration
  • He was down by a bishop and a pawn after 15 moves.From the entry down
  • A bishop moves only diagonally; a rook, only sideways, forward, and back.From the entry sideways

Meaning of move

  1. verb To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
  2. verb To act; to take action; to begin to act.
  3. verb To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place; similarly to change the location of another establishment such as a business. See also move out and move in.

Full definition of move

Questions about the plural of move

What is the plural of move?
The plural of move is moves.
Is move countable?
Move is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: move (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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